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SATAT scheme: Govt steps up efforts to increase compressed biogas adoption in India

The government intends to use biomass, widely and cheaply available in India, as a fuel to reduce dependency on imported natural gas.

October 01, 2024 / 20:01 IST
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The government is providing support to the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme launched six years ago to increase the adoption of compressed biogas (CBG) in the country.

Launched in October 2018, the scheme has seen commissioning of just 72 CBG plants against the target of 5,000 by 2023-24.

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SATAT is a part of the central government's plan to increase the share of alternate fuels such as ethanol and CBG in the country’s total energy basket in order to become a net-zero emissions nation by 2070.

While the CBG target was not met due to the slowdown in economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of interest from investors, the government has received over 3,000 Letters of Intent from various Indian oil companies to set up CBG plants.